Mardi Gras Indians?

Do all Mardi Gras Indians have Native ancestory?

Mardi Gras Indians

The reading says that other tribes would act hostile or friendly toward other tribes. Why would they be hostile toward each other?

No Humba Jumba

is any one else following this ? i dont see any relation between the introduction and chapters 1 and 2. i enjoyed the intro, it was cute and had alot of fun figurerative lines, but from intro to chapter one just seems like going from a exciting narrative whimsical chronical to a complicated monotonous history text book. i need help

Lone Ranger and Tonto ESSAY

On your reading/assignment schedule it says that the first draft of the paper on the novel is due Friday. I have decided to change this. On Friday you must hand in a typed outline that is fully fleshed out and has all quotes, a thesis, and topic sentences. This is not a prewrite in that a prewrite only has a thesis and quotes. This must be an outline.

The rough draft of the essay (4 pages) is due Monday after M.G. break.

The extra credit assignment is due this Friday.

mardi gras indians -victory or tragedy

Mardi Gras is full of secrets and the Mardi Gras Indians are as much a part of that secret society as any other carnival organization. The Mardi Gras Indians are comprised, in large part, of the blacks of New Orleans' inner cities. They have paraded for well over a century...yet their parade is perhaps the least recognized Mardi Gras tradition.


http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/mardigrasindians/

The Ghost Dance

Ethan found this early film of the Ghost Dance made in Thomas Edison's studio in New Jersey. The studio was called "Black Maria" and each year there is still a film festival called the Black Maria film fest.

i was sick....

Hey, if anyone has good notes from yesterday I would love to have them because I was sick yesterday.

For the short answers, what should we primarily focus on in the packet?

Who was your favorite or least favorite characher, and why?

what is your "its-a-good-day-song"

in Distances, Samuel sings and hums an its-a-good-day song and his mom sings it to. so whats urs?

mine is what is love by Haddaway and/or something from the Juno soundtrack...

Racism in the novel...

Is this novel racist or thought-provoking? Is it wrong for Indians to stereotype themselves or are they simply more knowledgable about their culture?

Land of Confusion - Genesis

This is the video I mentioned in 3rd period. It makes fun of the Reagan administration's nuclear program.

Motifs and Symbols

When you discover images, motifs, themes and symbols that Alexie uses repeatedly, post them here with the quotes in which they appear. Also reference page numbers. Once you've found some symbols, motifs, themes, etc, comment on them.

catch up

i am having trouble remembering all the details of each story because each story is so different and is not like a novel where everything links together. how are people keeping track of all the details??? also, i missed a few classes and was wondering if there are any themes that are linking all of the stories together? what about any symbols that ms deckard has talked about?

dressed to the nines

anyone else know what a ribbon shirt it ? because i kept reading about it and i didnt understand the attire. like when thomas wore a ribbon shirt to court... anyway here's a good link with different ribbon shirt designs http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.littlecrowtradingpost.com/Shirt1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.littlecrowtradingpost.com/pageshirt.htm&h=446&w=300&sz=27&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=Ls1kDxm40vOAiM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dribbon%2Bshirts%2B%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN


also here are some intresting picture of elaborately beaded dresses

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.voanews.com/english/images/NMAI_ContempDress.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-04/2007-04-02-voa21.cfm&h=195&w=210&sz=14&hl=en&start=13&um=1&tbnid=z8EE1VW_lU4K5M:&tbnh=98&tbnw=106&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeaded%2Bindian%2Bdresses%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

6th Period English

Since our homework for todays class was to read "Trial of Thomas Builds the Fire" and "Distances" but we instead had a quiz on the previous two chapters, are we going to have a quiz on "The Trial of Thomas" and "Distances" or are we going to move on to the next chapters?

Question about the Fighting Whities from the quiz.

Consider this quote, “Because the majority typically has more power – political, economic, social – than minorities, its members are not so likely to feel diminished by words of contempt.” Now discuss why much of the debate over the moniker “Fighting Whities” oversimplified the issues surrounding teams with Native American mascots.

If I asked you to post your answer, please put it up as a comment.

I really like this quote. What do ya'll think?

"It's hard to be optimistic on the reservation. When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer. Still, Indians have a way of surviving. But it's almost like Indians can easily survive the big stuff. Mass murder, loss of language and land rights. It's the small things that hurt the most. The white waitress who wouldn't take an order, Tonto, and the Washington Redskins.
And, just like everybody else, Indians need heroes to help them learn how to survive. But what happens when our heroes don't even know how to pay their bills?" (p. 49).

with liberty and justice for all

under the first ammendment to the constitution, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

congress found in favor of the use of peyote during native american tribal rituals, in that it is a cerimonial sacred religious tradition

http://www.nativeamericanchurch.com/law.html

what order should we read this packet?

the packet: i know Ms. D said you can skip around and read all of them in whatever order you want, but i like to have a little bit of like schedule/organization or something?thanks and ju...Tanto fistfight book and packets are on the test right?

Useless info: This is the job that VICTOR had but, LOST...it's mentioned pg 59 in chapter "this is what it means" : BIA http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html

The basketball star who threw his career away, Julius Windmaker also threw a brick through a BIA pickup's window when he was drunk. pg 49

If u could have a Indian name what would it be?

comments so far in "fistfight in heaven"

I like the frank statements Victor says about white people making love and Indians making love, shrooms, crude humor, expletives, etc. I was also wondering are the hurricanes a symbol for the struggles of the indians or do they actually have hurricanes in the winter?

its an extended metaphor

Native Americas

What are everyone's views on the articles we just read?

Comic Book Extra Credit Aids

If you want to draw or photograph your own stuff, here's a link to a site with comic book templates that you can put your own work in to: http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=101

Here are three comic book generators which give you all the drawings, but are a little/lot limited:
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/
http://www.stripcreator.com/
http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com/

Comic Book Draw is for Windows and is 29.95 http://www.arts-letters.com/comic/comic.html
Comic Life is for Macs and is 29.95 http://plasq.com/comiclife-win
Comic Book Creator 2.0 is available from Amazon for $50 if you really want to get into this.

You might find more if you Google "comic book creator," "comic strip creator," or "comic book software" among other search terms.

Quiz Tomorrow - some but not all the things I might ask about

Jim Thorpe
Carlisle Indian School
Glenn Scobey Warner
Dwight D. Eisenhower (know which president he was too)
"Self-determination"
American Indian Movement
"slur"

“It is not what you slur that counts, it is who is slurring it – and how…”

“Because the majority typically has more power – political, economic, social – than minorities, its members are not so likely to feel diminished by words of contempt.”